Tile.



E', R. ELBERT.

TILE.

APPLoATIoN FILED 1EB.v,1908.

Patented June 15, 1909.

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FRANK R. ELERT, O F CRESTLINE, OHO.

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Application filed February '7, 1995. Serial'No. 444,846.

To all whom it may concern;

. Be it known that FRANK R. ELBERT, a citizen of the United States, 'residing at Crestline, in the county of Crawford and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful `improvements in Tiles, of which the followed that the parts may beA easily secured to gether, and present a dirt excluding joint j formed by the uncture of the two members,

the parts being provided with strengthening webs so arranged as to not only add to their strength but to prevent dirt from being washed away from the tile. t

It is another object of the invention to construct thel tile so that a close and tight fitting joint is presented between the various sections of the tiles, whereby the sections may be easily and quickly secured within each other.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide a sectional tile of the character set forth, wherein the joints of the various sections of the tiles may be broken and effectively secured together without interfering v with the joints of either the upper or lower section of the tiles. A g With these and other objects in view the invention resides in the novel constriictionofv tiles hereinafter fully described and claimed. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portion of a pipe line constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view upon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

ln the accompanying drawings the numeial 1 designates the lower member. of my improved tile and 2 the upper section thereof, the .tile being divided longitudinally into halves, The line describing the inside surface in cross section when the halves are in osition describes a perfect circle, and the ongitudinal edge of one side vof the section 1 extends above the center of the circle to provide a lip 3, while the opposite edge of the section is provided with a longitudinal recess below the center of the circle. The recess thus provided comprises a horizontal surface 4 having the vertical wall 5 arranged at an angle in relation to the horizontal plane of the hearing surface 4, and having its upper Specification of Letters Patent.

-l `ig. 3 is a similar view upon Patented time is, ieee.

face 6 extending outwardly and terminating in a semi-cylindrical bead 7. The lip 3 provided u on the opposite side of the tile is provide with a horizontal bearing surface 8 extending downwardly at an angle and terminating in a horizontal wall-9 extending lon'- gitudinally ofthe tile. Upon this tile 1 a centrally arranged integrall strengthening" bead 10 is provided, running longitudinally the length ofthe tile, and the tile is also pro-` vided with a series of strengthening beads 11 provided upon the tile in transverse relation to the longitudinal bead 10. 'Upon the beads 7 and Q, of the tile section, are providedla series of ears 12, each having an integrally formed, upwardly extending threaded pintle 13l One end of the section is provided with an outwardly flared bell-sha ed mouth 14 having inwardly projecting ugs' 15.y The lugs 15 comprise an angularly arranged inwardly projecting portion 16, of a substantially V-sliaped formation, and having its edges provided with a bevel or inclination. The opposite end of the section is provided with a Harige 17, having V-'shaped cut away portions 18, adapted to engage with the lugs 15 of the section to which it is attached.

The upper section 2 is of a formation coinciding with that of the lower section 1, having a longitudinal lip 19 adapted for engage-v 5 ment with the bearing surface 4 and vertical wall 5 and face 6 of the lower section l, and.

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terminating in the longitudinal semi-circular bead 20, coinciding withA the bead 7 of the lower section. The opposite edge of the section 2 is'provided with a recessed portion 21 adapted for engagementwith the lip 3 of the lower section and having a downwardly beveled portion coinciding with the bevel 8 of the lower section and terminating in a horizontal faceadapted to engage with the wall 9" of the lower section 1. .The free'extremity of the disengaging portion of the section 2 terminates in the horizontally arranged bead coinciding with the bead provided upon the upper outer portion of the lower section.

A plurality of ears 22, coinciding with the ears 12 of the lower section 1, and having a series of perforatioiis 23 are provided upon the upper section 2. The perforations of the ears 22 are adapted for engagement with the pintles 13 of the ears of the lower section, and are -adapted to retain the upper and lower sections in engagement with each other through the medium of retaining elements' 24, provided upon the pintles 13 and adapted "-to force the ears'of the upper and lower seol' tending strengthening rib 25 is provided upon rially strengthened and which also prevents I0 y f the sections of which may be easily and i' r vided' structed from my improved tile may be tions into close engagement with each other.

A centrally arranged 'longitudinally eX- theupper section 2, and a series of transverse ribs 26, coinciding with the ribs 11 of the lower sectionv are also provided upon theupper section, whereby the sectionsare matedirt from being washed away from the p ipe line. a From the above description 'it' will be -notedgthat -I have 'provided a sectional tile,

quickly secured together, and easily and quickl ap lied to'other lengths of tile proby t e sections. It will also be noted that the tile may be positioned either when the membersare secured together, or the lower section may be first positioned and the u per section easily and uickly secured to te lower section. It wil be still further noted that the-jointsof a line of pipe con easily broken when desired. In breaking the joints the lower sections ofthe line are rst positioned within the ground and the upper sections also secured together and the ears of one section nearest one end'of the section positioned upon the ears ofthe other seci tion-'farthest from theend of the section which they would normally engage. -By

thisconstruction it will be noted that an effective break joint77 is secured by my device without changing the structure or disarranging any of the parts.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

A tile comprising an upper and a lower member, each approximately semi-cylinldrical in cross section, and having their longitudinal edges overlapping, one of the sections being provided with threaded oiiset members, the opposite section having extending ears'adapted to engage the threaded f l l FRANK R. ELBERT.

Witnesses:

,EMMA STEIERT, B. J. COLTEN. v 

